Como se usa used to para hablar de acciones pasadas.

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CUÁNDO USAMOS USED TO EN INGLÉS?

Usamos used to para hablar de hábitos, estados o acciones que se repetían con frecuencia en el pasado y que ya han dejado de ocurrir. Por ejemplo:

Hábito: I used to collect trading cards when I was a child (de niña solía coleccionar cromos) (=ahora ya no lo hago)

Estado: My friends used to be crazy about the Spice Girls (mis amigas estaban locas por las Spice Girls)

Acción: My teacher used to say "sit down and shut up" (mi profesor solía decir: "siéntate y cállate).

¿CÓMO SE FORMA?

Se usa la misma forma con todas las personas.

Afirmativas

I / You / He / She / It / We / They + used to + verbo

Ej: I used to play football, he used to play football, we used to play football...

Negativas

I / You / He / She / It / We / They + didn't use to + verbo

Ej: I didn't use to play football, he didn't use to play football, we didn't use to play football...

Interrogativas

Did + I / You / He / She / It / We / They + use to + verbo?

Ej: Did you use to smoke? (¿Solías fumar?)

What did you use to do? (¿Qué solías hacer?)

Respuestas:

Did you use to smoke? Yes, I did / No, I didn't

Did she use to watch TV at night? Yes, she did / No, she didn't

Did they use to play football? Yes, they did / No, they didn't

CUIDADO:

1. No olvidéis quitar la "d" de "used" en negativas e interrogativas.

http://curso-gratis-ingles.euroresidentes.com/2006/03/el-uso-de-used-to-en-ingls.html